Surrey County Council have proposed changes to the west end of Ash Green Lane. Historically this was a byway open to all traffic (BOAT) but a Road Traffic Order (RTO) was placed on it in 1994 which prevented the use of the BOAT by motorised or horse-drawn vehicles. SCC are proposing amendments to this.

Bewley Homes have requested that the westerly end of the BOAT, for a distance of 430 meters, is converted back into a road. A new barrier will be placed at the east end of this to prevent motorised vehicles from travelling down the rest of the BOAT. To quote SCC: “We have secured £27,528 for the ongoing maintenance of the access road if the TRO is approved.” This is the sum Bewley Homes have offered for SCC to adopt the road which will be the main access to the Minley Nurseries site.

We only have until 14th August to object to this. You can view the relevant documents by clicking on the icon below and objections can be sent to rightsofway@surreycc.gov.ukor mailed the Countryside Access Team at the address in the Notice of Intention.

The applications which have already been passed provide for a further 541 houses. Click Here for more information.

That’s a total of 1729 new properties. All of these are on the land separating Ash Green Rural area from the Ash and Tongham Urban Area. These applications also include the development of access roads to these estates, some of which are the enlargement and alteration of existing byways including those we currently use as footpaths or bridle ways.

AGRA are strongly opposed to this development, which the second phase on this land. This development will potentially surround the old manor house and remove the green space between Ash and Ash Green so it is VITAL THAT WE OBJECT. GBC do not appear to have contacted all local residents, either by post or e-mail, and this has a very short deadline. We have posted a notice on the notice board and contacted everyone on the mailing list, and will be delivering a newsletter in the coming weeks.

Steve Pedley send an objection to the SUDS team at SCC, on behalf of AGRA, outline some potential flaws in their assessment of the application and enquiring why they had changed their stance to approving the application. AS a result of this the team have now issues a recommendation that further work is undertaken to properly review the water flows, drainage and flooding risks on the site.

Local Residents have also been in contact with Historic England and they have also written a strong objection letter.

As these two events coincided with the new phase 2 application, the new application does not take either of these into account.